Tuesday, 01 January 2013

West Ham v Norwich City: Will the Canaries return to winning ways?

West Ham United shot themselves in the foot against Reading at the weekend with some sloppy defending and some awful finishing. Today they take on a Norwich City side that have lost their past three league outings.

The Hammers start 2013 in 12th place, two points behind Norwich with a game in hand. The two sides played out a goalless draw at Carrow Road in September but there hasn't been a stalemate at Upton Park since 1983 so I'd expect to see the net bulge at some stage.

The Canaries have turned their season around following an awful start but have now lost to West Brom, Chelsea and Man City. There's no shame in going down to them, but can they get back to winning ways on New Year's Day? Our pundits have their say.

West Ham v Norwich City; Kick Off 3pm January 1 2012

Prediction Panel

Arsenal

Josh Ben Moshe

1

V

0

Aston Villa

Frank Pattison

2

V

1

Chelsea

Joe Tyler

TBA

V

TBA

Everton

Chris Goodwin

TBA

V

TBA

Fulham

Neil Springate

TBA

V

TBA

Liverpool

Dave Disciascio

1

V

1

Man City

Callum Rothwell

2

V

1

Man United

Alex Richert

1

V

0

Newcastle

Greg Hall

2

V

1

Norwich

Sue Read

1

V

3

QPR

John Jaycock

0

V

1

Reading

Jon Keen

1

V

0

Southampton

Andy Saunders

TBA

V

TBA

Stoke City

Jack Heaney

TBA

V

TBA

Sunderland

Tony Ratton

1

V

1

Swansea

Jim Barry

1

V

0

Spurs

Adam Crawford

TBA

V

TBA

West Brom

Andy Wakeman

2

V

2

West Ham

Matt Beeby

2

V

0

Wigan

Jimmy Shine

2

V

1

OUR EXPERTS

Writer

Colin Illingworth

2

V

1

Writer

Steve Coulter

1

V

1

Writer

Hugh Larkin

TBA

V

TBA

Writer

Mitch Waddon

2

V

1

Writer

Chris Pettitt

1

V

1

Writer

Sarshar Hosseinnia

0

V

0

Blackburn fan

Terry Kennedy

1

V

1

Bolton fan

David Blackburn

1

V

1

Boro fan

Sue Gardener

0

V

2

Pompey fan

Dan Taylor

2

V

1

Pompey fan

Peter Rendle

2

V

1

West Ham fan

Nigel Telfer

2

V

1

Wolves fan

Chris Cox

2

V

1

Editor

Antony Melvin

1

V

0

Panel Verdict

Home win.

Home: 16; Draw: 8; Away: 3. TBA 7.

* Do we have it right or do you know better? We’d
love to hear from you.

Comments

West Ham v Norwich City: Will the Canaries return to winning ways?

West Ham United shot themselves in the foot against Reading at the weekend with some sloppy defending and some awful finishing. Today they take on a Norwich City side that have lost their past three league outings.

The Hammers start 2013 in 12th place, two points behind Norwich with a game in hand. The two sides played out a goalless draw at Carrow Road in September but there hasn't been a stalemate at Upton Park since 1983 so I'd expect to see the net bulge at some stage.

The Canaries have turned their season around following an awful start but have now lost to West Brom, Chelsea and Man City. There's no shame in going down to them, but can they get back to winning ways on New Year's Day? Our pundits have their say.

West Ham v Norwich City; Kick Off 3pm January 1 2012

Prediction Panel

Arsenal

Josh Ben Moshe

1

V

0

Aston Villa

Frank Pattison

2

V

1

Chelsea

Joe Tyler

TBA

V

TBA

Everton

Chris Goodwin

TBA

V

TBA

Fulham

Neil Springate

TBA

V

TBA

Liverpool

Dave Disciascio

1

V

1

Man City

Callum Rothwell

2

V

1

Man United

Alex Richert

1

V

0

Newcastle

Greg Hall

2

V

1

Norwich

Sue Read

1

V

3

QPR

John Jaycock

0

V

1

Reading

Jon Keen

1

V

0

Southampton

Andy Saunders

TBA

V

TBA

Stoke City

Jack Heaney

TBA

V

TBA

Sunderland

Tony Ratton

1

V

1

Swansea

Jim Barry

1

V

0

Spurs

Adam Crawford

TBA

V

TBA

West Brom

Andy Wakeman

2

V

2

West Ham

Matt Beeby

2

V

0

Wigan

Jimmy Shine

2

V

1

OUR EXPERTS

Writer

Colin Illingworth

2

V

1

Writer

Steve Coulter

1

V

1

Writer

Hugh Larkin

TBA

V

TBA

Writer

Mitch Waddon

2

V

1

Writer

Chris Pettitt

1

V

1

Writer

Sarshar Hosseinnia

0

V

0

Blackburn fan

Terry Kennedy

1

V

1

Bolton fan

David Blackburn

1

V

1

Boro fan

Sue Gardener

0

V

2

Pompey fan

Dan Taylor

2

V

1

Pompey fan

Peter Rendle

2

V

1

West Ham fan

Nigel Telfer

2

V

1

Wolves fan

Chris Cox

2

V

1

Editor

Antony Melvin

1

V

0

Panel Verdict

Home win.

Home: 16; Draw: 8; Away: 3. TBA 7.

* Do we have it right or do you know better? We’d
love to hear from you.